Table 1.

Young’s Modulus of the collagen determined by AFM nanoindentation, in comparison to the results reported here.

	Young’s Modulus (GPa)	Source Tissue
Results reported here	1.1 ± 0.2 (overlap) 1.2 ± 0.2 (gap)	Rat tail tendon
Heim et al., 2006 [16]	1–2	Inner dermis of sea cucumber
Strasser et al., 2007 [17]	~1.2	Calf skin
Grant et al., 2007 [18]	1.9 ± 0.5	Bovine achilles tendon